Movies and TV Dead! Fred Travalena

**Slainte** · 06-29-2009, 06:14 AM

(CNN) -- Comedian and impersonator Fred Travalena died Sunday afternoon after a seven-year battle with cancer. He was 66.

Comedian Fred Travalena had a 40-year career in show business.

Travalena -- known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces" -- died at home in Encino, California, surrounded by family, according to his publicist.

He was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2002 and prostate cancer in 2003. Following five years' remission, the lymphoma returned in 2008.

"Since that time, he has been in and out of treatment, consisting of chemotherapy, surgery and radiation," spokesman Roger Neal said.

During Travalena's 40-year career, he entertained audiences with impressions of celebrities such as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Bob Hope. He was a regular on the "Tonight Show," with Johnny Carson.

Travalena is survived by his wife of 39 years, Lois; sons Fred IV and Cory; daughter-in-law, Kelly; and a granddaughter.

Private services will be held this week, with a public memorial service to be announced later.

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Everyone always said celebs die in sixes....

**BigRedChief** · 06-29-2009, 06:23 AM

I thought celebrity deaths come in 3's only?

**Slainte** · 06-29-2009, 06:26 AM

Six is the new black.

FAX · 06-29-2009, 06:27 AM

Married 39 years? That's amazing. RIP Man Of A Thousand Faces Guy.

FAX

**Skip Towne** · 06-29-2009, 06:39 AM

I'm not liking this trend.

**Scorp** · 06-29-2009, 06:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Skip Towne

I'm not liking this trend.

Don't look behind you, the Reaper is coming!

**Tribal Warfare** · 06-29-2009, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Scorp

Don't look behind you, the Reaper is coming!

Frankie · 06-29-2009, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Skip Towne

I'm not liking this trend.

Don't worry. You are a celebrity only on this forum.

whoman69 · 06-29-2009, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Frankie

Don't worry. You are a celebrity only on this forum.

Perceptions are a powerful thing. If he believes himself to be a celebrity, he's fair game to knock off at any time.

pikesome · 06-29-2009, 07:03 AM

You know, it seems like people are dieing every day now.

burt · 06-29-2009, 07:27 AM

39 years married.....wow, we lost another good one!

FAX · 06-29-2009, 07:38 AM

This whole "Man Of A Thousand Faces" thing has me thinking.

It seems to me that the impersonation racket would be a damn tough business. I mean, it would be kind of like the old West where there was always a faster gun somewhere out there. I wonder if Now Dead Fred was always looking over his shoulder for the "Man With A Thousand And Two Faces" or (God Forbid) the "Man With A Thousand And Seven Faces". Everybody knows that if Johnny Carson had to choose, he's going with the guy with more faces, that's for sure. Anyhow, it's as though - in order to stay competitive - you would constantly be having to come up with another face and there's only 6.5 billion faces to choose from - many of which are completely unrecognizable, to boot. Of course, that would make it easier, I suppose. If you did an impersonation of Wong Dang Doo of Gansu Province, who's going to know if you did it right? Wong's family and that's about it, really. Which, by the way, reminds me that (according to Texe Marrs) all 6.5 billion people in the world could live comfortably in the State of Texas. I haven't counted the number of counties in Texas or calculated the number of square feet each person would have allotted to them if they were all to move to Texas, but if he says it's true, I guess it probably is.

FAX

MagicHef · 06-29-2009, 09:09 AM

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Which, by the way, reminds me that (according to Texe Marrs) all 6.5 billion people in the world could live comfortably in the State of Texas. I haven't counted the number of counties in Texas or calculated the number of square feet each person would have allotted to them if they were all to move to Texas, but if he says it's true, I guess it probably is.

FAX

Wikipedia says Texas is 268,820 square miles, and 2.5% water. So, if that means that 262,099.5 square miles are dry land, 6.5 billion people could live there and each have 1,124 square feet.

FAX · 06-29-2009, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by MagicHef

Wikipedia says Texas is 268,820 square miles, and 2.5% water. So, if that means that 262,099.5 square miles are dry land, 6.5 billion people could live there and each have 1,124 square feet.

Wow. Thanks for that research, Mr. MagicHef. Awesome work, little sugary marshmallow Easter bird.

So, basically that means an efficiency apartment for everybody. Of course, some little sugary marshmallow Easter birds already live together which means that their apartments could be combined into a larger apartment or, in come cases, even a house. Interesting.

FAX

pikesome · 06-29-2009, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by FAX

Wow. Thanks for that research, Mr. MagicHef. Awesome work, little sugary marshmallow Easter bird.

So, basically that means an efficiency apartment for everybody. Of course, some little sugary marshmallow Easter birds already live together which means that their apartments could be combined into a larger apartment or, in come cases, even a house. Interesting.

FAX

The numbers also don't account for multi-level dwellings. If you turned the entire state into a 4 story apt each person could have 4,496 square feet.

I'd hate to be on the maintenance staff though.

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Slainte Please speak your mind Join Date: Feb 2006 Casino cash: $10010402	Dead! Fred Travalena (CNN) -- Comedian and impersonator Fred Travalena died Sunday afternoon after a seven-year battle with cancer. He was 66. Comedian Fred Travalena had a 40-year career in show business. Travalena -- known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces" -- died at home in Encino, California, surrounded by family, according to his publicist. He was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2002 and prostate cancer in 2003. Following five years' remission, the lymphoma returned in 2008. "Since that time, he has been in and out of treatment, consisting of chemotherapy, surgery and radiation," spokesman Roger Neal said. During Travalena's 40-year career, he entertained audiences with impressions of celebrities such as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Bob Hope. He was a regular on the "Tonight Show," with Johnny Carson. Travalena is survived by his wife of 39 years, Lois; sons Fred IV and Cory; daughter-in-law, Kelly; and a granddaughter. Private services will be held this week, with a public memorial service to be announced later. ----------------------------------- Everyone always said celebs die in sixes....
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FAX testing ... 1, 2, 3 Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Tennessee Casino cash: $6753759	This whole "Man Of A Thousand Faces" thing has me thinking. It seems to me that the impersonation racket would be a damn tough business. I mean, it would be kind of like the old West where there was always a faster gun somewhere out there. I wonder if Now Dead Fred was always looking over his shoulder for the "Man With A Thousand And Two Faces" or (God Forbid) the "Man With A Thousand And Seven Faces". Everybody knows that if Johnny Carson had to choose, he's going with the guy with more faces, that's for sure. Anyhow, it's as though - in order to stay competitive - you would constantly be having to come up with another face and there's only 6.5 billion faces to choose from - many of which are completely unrecognizable, to boot. Of course, that would make it easier, I suppose. If you did an impersonation of Wong Dang Doo of Gansu Province, who's going to know if you did it right? Wong's family and that's about it, really. Which, by the way, reminds me that (according to Texe Marrs) all 6.5 billion people in the world could live comfortably in the State of Texas. I haven't counted the number of counties in Texas or calculated the number of square feet each person would have allotted to them if they were all to move to Texas, but if he says it's true, I guess it probably is. FAX
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